This article by Melissa Leach, STEPS Centre director, appeared in Wellcome History 38 (Summer 2008). Haemorrhagic fevers capture popular imagination as deadly zoonotic diseases that come ‘out of Africa’. Ebola,…
Haemorrhagic fevers in Africa: Narratives, politics and pathways of disease and response
AVIAN FLU BIO-TERROR FEARS
By Julia Day Researchers in a Dutch University laboratory have mutated the H5N1 strain of avian influenza so that it can be transmitted betweem humans through the air via coughs…
Manifesto: translated versions
Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto was originally published in English, but the Manifesto project has involved discussions in many countries. We would like people around the world to be…
BBC COVERAGE OF ZIMBABWE LAND REFORM RESEARCH
Zimbabwe’s land reform since 2000 has been intensely controversial. Overturning the settler colonial pattern of land use and creating a new agrarian structure has had far-reaching consequences. Yet the debate…
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2010 Press pack: Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto Press release: A Manifesto to make innovation deliver for development 15 June 2010 Opening presentation from launch event by STEPS director…
GM Crops 10 years on
by Ian Scoones, STEPS Centre co-director A decade ago there was much hope – and even more hype – about the potentials of GM crops. GM crops were going to…
Theme 4: Public participation and the politics of policy
This theme is part of the Biotechnology Research Archive. Governing biotechnologies in favour of ‘pro-poor’ outcomes is a challenge. The research contained in this section of the Biotechnology Research Archive…
Theme 3: The role of the private sector and corporate control
This theme is part of the Biotechnology Research Archive. This section of includes studies of biotechnology business in action, including detailed analyses of the role of the corporate sector –…
Theme 2: Regulating agricultural biotechnology
This theme is part of the Biotechnology Research Archive. Effective and well-designed regulation is essential to any innovation process. This is particularly the case for novel genetic techniques, where uncertainty…